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ACCIDENTS & WORK INJURIES
2007 National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
October 8, 2008 -- A total of 5,488 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in 2007, a decrease of 6 percent from the revised total of 5,840 fatal work injuries reported for 2006. (Final results for 2007 will be released in April 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.)
Based on these preliminary counts, the rate of fatal injury for U.S. workers in 2007 was 3.7 fatal work injuries per 100,000 workers, down from the final rate of 4.0 per 100,000 workers in 2006.
Key findings of the 2007 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries:
1) The number of fatal falls in 2007 rose to a series high of 835, a 39 percent increase since 1992 when the DOL program was first conducted.
2) Transportation incidents, which typically account for two-fifths of all workplace fatalities, fell to a series low of 2,234 cases in 2007.
3) Workplace homicides rose 13 percent to 610 in 2007, after reaching a series low of 540 in 2006.
4) The number of fatal workplace injuries among protective service occupations rose 19 percent in 2007 to 337, led by an increase in the number of police officers fatally injured on the job.
5) Fatal occupational injuries incurred by non-Hispanic Black or African American workers were at the highest level since 1999, but fatal work injuries among Hispanic workers were lower by 8 percent in 2007.
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